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Power plants in Switzerland

A directory of 168 power plants in Switzerland with a combined installed capacity of 13,118 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

168power plants
13,118MW total capacity
3fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Switzerland)

Hydro: 162 plants162HydroNuclear: 4 plants4NuclearSolar: 2 plants2Solar

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Switzerland electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

39gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
97.7%low-carbon electricity
67.8%renewables
2.3%fossil fuels
Hydro: 52 % of electricity52HydroNuclear: 30 % of electricity30NuclearSolar: 12 % of electricity12SolarOil: 2 % of electricity2OilBioenergy: 2 % of electricity2BioenergyOther Renewables: 2 % of electricity2Other Rene…Gas: 0 % of electricity0GasWind: 0 % of electricity0Wind

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Switzerland

#PlantFuelMW
1BieudronHydro1,285
2Kernkraftwerk LeibstadtNuclear1,245
3Kernkraftwerk GösgenNuclear1,035
4LimmernHydro1,000
5Kernkraftwerk BeznauNuclear760
6NendazHydro392
7Kernkraftwerk MühlebergNuclear390
8Grimsel 2Hydro348
9Bitsch (Biel)Hydro340
10BiascaHydro324
11Fionnay (Dixence)Hydro306
12PradellaHydro300
13Châtelard-VallorcineHydro260
14RiddesHydro258
15Stalden (KWM)Hydro185
16Sedrun 1Hydro150
17BiaschinaHydro141
18BavonaHydro140
19Fionnay (Mauvoisin)Hydro140
20Etzelwerk AltendorfHydro135

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